Charli XCX (too cool for a proper surname) is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter who has been in bands since she was seven and released her debut album at 14. The album caught the attention of the right people and she became a bit of a name on the Hackney rave scene.

So she's another blog-friendly hipster with no pop nous?

Nope. Though there are definite nods to the "blogosphere" – the industrial goth pop of her single Stay Away was remixed by Salem – there's a melodic sensibility at the core of her music that is very pop. As well as working with Glasser and Ariel Rechtshaid on current single Nuclear Seasons, she has also recorded with Robyn's producer Patrik Berger (and supported the lady herself in London).

Sorry, you mentioned goth pop. What's that about?

Basically, as well as Charli having black hair and being a bit of a fan of darker shades of lipstick, she also makes big, gloomy pop songs that tend to be built around reverb-heavy beats, oddly sinister synth squelches and, on the excellent In the Dark, she sings about "flying through the black night, you're the an

gel in the moonlight". If this all sounds a bit Twilight on paper, then don't worry, because the song opens out into a soaring chorus of such pop perfection it will give you chills for all the right reasons.

Where can I hear her?

Nuclear Seasons is out through This Is Music Ltd on the 21 November. There are several songs on Soundcloud.